[quote=@Buddha] I'll refrain on adding onto the reason why I think you [i]do[/i] get a reply and others don't and simply state I'm glad it has worked for you. From reading through the thread, you seem to be one of the few. Consider yourself lucky. [/quote] Okay. [quote=@Buddha] I've definitely been around for a long time and have been since pre guildfall. I only knew moderators back then as people that did actually do stuff. Regardless of who they were, I was too busy RPing and trying to improve myself as a roleplayer to take note of who they were. Nor did I ever concern myself with it because I wasn't interested in the community, I just wanted to post my posts and go. And I guess you'll have to forgive me for saying that the current moderators do not seem like roleplayers first, nor chatters first, they seem like 'sit on discord and do nothing all day' first. Which I know isn't their full job. But it seems like it. Which is what I've been saying a few times in this entire thread. It [i]seems[/i] like nothing is happening. Community engagement does not come from the moderators, it comes from within the community through projects like the discord by [@Cynder] which you were a part of. [/quote] That Discord was also started with a former mod, and then had another former mod added in early on to help it along. Not current Mods, former ones. Current Mods also helped in various ways when asked. Put it a better way: people who cared about the Guild community and were active in it. [quote=@Buddha]Speaking from a moderators perspective, sure, you might've paid to have this problem back then.[/quote] Incorrect. This was from a RPer/non-Mod perspective, as it was how I felt before I became a Mod. [quote=@Buddha]But I am not speaking from a moderators perspective, and I for one am not happy about their seeming absence in light of our growing sense of lawlessness on this forum.[/quote] See above. Also this really doesn't seem all that lawless. :rock [quote=@Buddha] So once again. I am glad things have worked for you. I am glad you are happy with it. Not much else to add to that. Guess I'm glad I mostly RP, my clique problems just vanished. Yes, I know. It seems like they aren't. What are your suggestions on re-energizing these forums, then? Or are you of the opinion that they are very active and alive? [/quote] I've seen the Guild more active before. I've also seen it less active before. There's always been peaks and valleys. [quote=@Buddha] Most community involvement projects will need help from moderators and preferably Mahz himself. [/quote] Think you'd be surprised with just how much can be done without either. But it would take actually trying.